VIDEO: Investigation fails to pinpoint cause of Sewol ferry sinking

AUGUST 10, 2018 — According to Yonhap news agency, Arirang News and other reports, a state panel assigned to investigate Korea’s 2014 Sewol ferry disaster has failed to pinpoint the exact cause

Golden Gate ferry gets Ecospeed coating system

AUGUST 8, 2018 – Subsea Industries reports that its Ecospeed coating system has been applied to the aluminum-hulled 750-passenger capacity Spaulding class ferry M/S Marin, owned and operated by the Golden Gate

Vigor faces $370,358 in OSHA penalties

AUGUST 3, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Vigor Marine Inc. for 16 willful and serious violations following an inspection at the shipbuilder’s

Baleària to convert five ferries to LNG fueling

AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG

Mexico’s Ultramar takes delivery of second cat from Louisiana shipyard

JULY 31, 2018 — Mexican operator Ultramar has taken delivery of Ultramar II, the second in a series of high capacity 48 m Incat Crowther designed catamaran passenger ferries built by the

Remontowa to build two diesel electric hybrid ferries for Norled

JULY 26, 2018 — Norwegian ferry operator Norled has ordered two double ended diesel electric hybrid ferries from Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding.  Norled has a fleet of some 80 ferries. Six of them

Mitsubishi launches ferry with a space travel theme

JULY 5, 2018 — A 192.5 m ferry christened and launched yesterday by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Yokohama, Japan, shipyard, has a “space travel” interior design theme. Named Kitakami, the vessel is being built

BMT launches new hybrid ferry design

JULY 3, 2018 — BMT has launched a new hybrid ferry design that could pave the way for a cleaner, more cost-efficient energy option for ferry operators. At 31 m, the 149-passenger

Danish ferry operator firms up contract for high speed hybrid

JULY 2, 2018 — Denmark’s Hvide Sande Shipyard, Steel & Service and ÆrøXpressen A/S have firmed up a contract for a high speed hybrid car and passenger ferry for operation between Rudkøbing

Scottish shipbuilder gets EU funding for hydrogen-fueled car ferry

JUNE 20, 2018 — A European consortium led by Port Glasgow, Scotland, shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering has won EU funding for a project that will see the construction of the world’s first

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